MINNEAPOLIS -- Three days after being placed on the injured list for mental health reasons, Minnesota Twins reliever Jorge López was on the mound participating in pitchers' fielding practice.

López is happy to be around the team, appreciative of the support he has received and is working toward a return.

The 30-year-old right-hander hopes he doesn't need much longer than the required 15 days, but López recognized the need for help after the team approached him.

"It was more their decision," López said. "I just accepted. I think it's something I really appreciate, to recognize that and work through that. I think we talk about that a lot, about this game, it's more mental than physical. So, you work as much as you can to get your body and everything like that but at the same time, you got to do your mind.

"That's what I'm trying to do every day, get my mind fresh and start clean."

López admitted to frustration over his recent performances that caused him to act out. López was unscored upon in April, holding opponents to a .140 batting average over 12 innings and 13 appearances.

He allowed two earned runs in his first outing in May that started a tough month-plus. Over his last 16 appearances before being put on the injured list, he gave up 15 earned runs in 15 innings and opponents hit .349 against him. It culminated in a two-inning appearance against Detroit on June 15 when López gave up three runs.

"Just little stuff where bad outings, I'd start kicking stuff, punching stuff, getting mad real quick and I couldn't control the emotion and stuff," López said Wednesday. "That took me a little bit out of the game and you became frustrated every day. Even you try to be new guy next day, but it kind of get the snowball going. Good thing they recognized that and they told me about it, and it's just time to reflect and move forward."

López was placed on the 15-day injured list on Sunday for mental health reasons. He became the fourth player in the majors this season to be added to the injured list for mental health following Colorado's Daniel Bard, Detroit's Austin Meadows and Oakland's Trevor May.

"I think it's been actually pretty fantastic that he's been able to be here with us and spend some time, work on some of the things non-baseball related, and also get on the field," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. "I'm really so happy for him that he's taken this as a challenge. He's looked at himself, and he's said, 'I need some help, and I need some support right now.' And we're happy to be there to give it to him in every possible way."

López said he has spoken with a psychologist. Being around his teammates has also been helpful.

"At the end of the day, I just want to make everybody feel good when I win, but some emotions, you have to get into yourself and talk about it to get better," López said. "Just keep smiling, stay happy inside of the body, and control what you can control."

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Los Angeles Angels infielder Gio Urshela is likely to miss the rest of the season with a broken pelvis.

Angels manager Phil Nevin provided the update Wednesday on Urshela, who was enjoying a solid debut season for Los Angeles before he fell awkwardly at first base while trying to beat out his grounder on June 15 at Texas.

Urshela fractured his left pelvis in the fall. The Colombian veteran has seen two specialists to determine he won't need surgery, but the rest and recovery time necessary to heal are likely to prevent him from playing again in 2023, Nevin said.

Urshela is batting .299 with two homers and 24 RBI for the Angels, who acquired the former Yankees infielder from Minnesota last November and signed him to an $8.4 million, one-year contract. He has filled all four infield positions for the Angels, playing primarily at third base and first base.

His absence is a blow to the playoff hopes of the Angels, who are trying to end their eight-year postseason drought.

The Angels are also currently playing without oft-injured third baseman Anthony Rendon and promising rookie shortstop Zach Neto due to injuries.

The 31-year-old Urshela will be an unrestricted free agent this winter.

The Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2023 is the year of the goaltender.

Netminders Henrik Lundqvist, Tom Barrasso and Mike Vernon have all been selected for the Hockey Hall of Fame, as announced Wednesday. They join former NHL center Pierre Turgeon and Canadian women's hockey star Caroline Ouellette, as well as coach Ken Hitchcock and the late Pierre Lacroix, who built two Stanley Cup champions with the Colorado Avalanche.

Lundqvist was a first-year-eligible Hall candidate. He's sixth in NHL career wins (459), ninth in games played (887) and 11th in career save percentage (.918). Lundqvist won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender in 2011-12 and was a finalist for the award a total of five times. He was also a finalist for the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 2011-12.

What really put Lundqvist over the top was his international success. He led Team Sweden to Olympic men's hockey gold in the 2006 Turin Games and silver in the 2014 Sochi Games. He won gold at the IIHF world championship in 2017 and bronze at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Lundqvist played his entire career with the New York Rangers. He signed a free agent contract with the Washington Capitals in 2020 but did not play for them, as his career was cut short by a heart condition.

"Growing up as a kid, thinking about players in the Hall of Fame, it was such a big inspiration to me. It's why I started playing hockey," said Lundqvist on Wednesday. "Even thinking about Tom and Mike, I remember having posters on the wall of both of you guys."

Barrasso has been eligible since 2006. He won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992. In 1983-84, he was the rookie of the year and won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender with the Buffalo Sabres. His 369 wins is 20th all time.

Vernon has been eligible since 2005. He led two teams to the Stanley Cup: the Calgary Flames in 1989 and the Detroit Red Wings in 1997, when Vernon won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. His 385 NHL wins ranks 16th all time.

"The game has meant a lot to me throughout my life," said Vernon. "I'm just flabbergasted."

Turgeon has been eligible since 2010. He played 1,294 games in the NHL with six teams, the majority of them with the Buffalo Sabres and St. Louis Blues. His 515 career goals ranks 40th all time, and his 1,327 career points ranks 34th. Turgeon never won an international hockey medal, never won the Stanley Cup and won only a single individual award in the NHL: the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly play in 1992-93.

"It's crazy [that] I played hockey for a living. And I still play. And I still go out there twice a week because I love the game so much," said Turgeon.

Ouellette was in her second year of eligibility. The forward is one of only five athletes to win a gold medal in four consecutive Winter Olympics, helping the Canadian women to the top of the podium in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, along with Olympic silver in 1998. She won six gold medals in the IIHF women's world championship.

Ouellette had a 2.36 points-per-game average in 97 games with University of Minnesota-Duluth. She also won the 2009 Clarkson Cup with the Montreal Stars, becoming only one of three players to win the Clarkson Cup, Olympic gold and worlds gold. The other two are Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna Hefford, both Hall of Famers.

Since 2010, when women's players earned their own category, there has only been one induction class that included more than one women's player.

Hitchcock is fourth in career NHL wins with 849 and seventh in games coached with 1,598. Hitchcock led the 1998-99 Dallas Stars to their first Stanley Cup championship and then won the Western Conference again the next season. Hitchcock also coached the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues and Edmonton Oilers. He also served as an assistant coach for the 2014 Canadian Olympic national team, which won gold.

"My career started in minor hockey coaching kids. To reach this stage is almost overwhelming to me," said Hitchcock.

Lacroix passed away in 2020. He was the president and general manager of the Quebec Nordiques and then followed them when they relocated to Colorado. His bold moves as Avalanche GM -- including the acquisitions of Hall of Famers Patrick Roy, Ray Bourque and Rob Blake -- led to Stanley Cup wins in 1996 and 2001.

"It's been a long time coming. I'm sure my father today is overwhelmed. I know he wanted this badly, so thank you to everybody," said his son, Marty Lacroix.

Among the players who didn't make the cut this season were winger Alexander Mogilny; centers Rod Brind'Amour, Patrik Elias, Jeremy Roenick, Keith Tkachuk, Henrik Zetterberg; defenseman Sergei Gonchar; goalie Curtis Joseph; and women's players Meghan Duggan and Jennifer Botterill.

Eligible players must have played their last game at least three years ago. They must receive at least 75% of the vote from the Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee. A maximum of four men's players, two women's players and two builders are inducted each year.

The selection committee consists of 18 individuals appointed by the board of directors. Among the current committee members are former players such as Mike Gartner (chairman), Ron Francis, Cammi Granato and Igor Larionov; hockey executives such as Brian Burke, Mark Chipman and David Poile; and media members such as Bob McKenzie.

The induction celebration is scheduled for Nov. 13 at the Hall of Fame in Toronto.

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Spencer Knight has been in contact with the Florida Panthers, and the team is working under the premise that the goaltender will be back with the Panthers this fall.

Knight entered the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program in February and was not with Florida for the remainder of the season, including the team's run to the Stanley Cup Final.

"He's doing well, and we expect him back in the fold in the fall," Panthers general manager Bill Zito said Wednesday.

Knight was in his second full season in the NHL, sharing responsibilities in net with veteran goalie Sergei Bobrovsky. He started in 19 games and appeared in 21 this past season, going 9-8-3 with a 3.18 goals-against average and .901 save percentage.

He last appeared for Florida on Feb. 18.

Knight leaving the team led to Alex Lyon getting significant playing time for the Panthers in the stretch run of the regular season -- in part because Bobrovsky got sick -- and in the beginning of the playoffs. Lyon went 6-2-1 with a .930 save percentage late in the season, fueling Florida's run to secure the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Lyon is about to become an unrestricted free agent.

"I can imagine that, at a minimum, we'll be talking to Alex," Zito said.

The NHL and NHLPA started the player assistance program in 1996, giving players access to a confidential phone line and counselors in each city in the league. The jointly funded group assists players and their families with mental health, substance abuse and other matters.

How has life been for Rose Zhang since her historic win at the Mizuho Americas Open in early June?

“Pretty hectic.”

The 20-year-old is making her first major start since turning pro last month at this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. It’s not her first major start ever, she’s had plenty of those – eight, to be exact – as an amateur, but she’s certainly never been in the position she now finds herself. Unsurprisingly, she’s trying to keep everything in perspective.

“It's super exciting, no doubt,” Zhang said Wednesday about making her first start at the Women’s PGA Championship. “But I wouldn't say it's anything different. I wouldn't place it on another platform or pedestal for me to just admire and look up to. It's another event. I'm still playing the same sport. I'm just in New Jersey again and trying to play well.”

The game is certainly still the same, and while the majors present a more difficult challenge, her record so far indicates she’s a force to be reckoned with out the gate: eight starts with only two missed cuts and a T-11 best finish (2020 Chevron).

The difference is where Zhang is at in her career, and specifically, the waves she’s been making in the few weeks since she turned pro after winning her second-straight NCAA individual title.

In that time, Zhang played Mizuho – her first start as a pro, down the road at Liberty National – won in a playoff against Jennifer Kupcho, earned her LPGA card and returned to Stanford to finish her spring quarter finals, including computer science – "quite difficult" but, of course, she passed.

All that is normal: playing, winning, school. Zhang has been balancing it for years. The new variable is the media attention and, essentially, running her own business, which leaves little time for practice and, you know, playing golf, in general.

“I would say commitments are definitely much more prominent in my life. As a professional, you have to do a lot more things, and you're essentially your own business boss, so you have to really navigate towards what your career looks like, what your team looks like," she said. "I've been taking a lot more, I guess, quote-unquote, business phone calls than I was when I was a college athlete, college amateur.”

As talented as Zhang is, she can’t defy physics and give herself more time in the day; she gets the same 24 hours as the rest of us, meaning she hasn’t been able to “grind” like she usually does.

“I feel like, as an amateur, you take it for granted where you can just be out on the range, no one is talking to you. You can hit balls for like four hours. You can chip, putt, do whatever you need to," she said.

“But I can't really do that anymore. That will definitely take a bit of adjusting, just because when your game isn't as solid and when you've been playing a lot of events, going on the golf course, your game adjusts to the different weather conditions, how you're playing golf courses, and yeah, I think that will be the biggest transition for me.”

Not to mention she’s played a hefty schedule over the past few months and has had little time for rest.

“We played Pac-12s, came back for a little bit, and then immediately went to regionals, nationals, and then I played Mizuho. It's been a long stretch of golf, so my body has been tired. It's been a little burned out. I've been trying to navigate that, as well," she said.

It’s a new normal that you can only prepare for to a certain extent. You’re never going to be 100% ready – there’s always going to be unexpected changes that come along with such a major shift in your career. Even so, Zhang is still her poised, confident self, and she’s made time for family in the past few weeks, saying bye to Stanford in the middle of June and moving home to spend time in Irvine, California, in what she called “wholesome time.”

“They are a sense of normalcy when I'm around them, especially back home,” Zhang said. “My family, my mom, my brother and my sister-in-law. I was playing with my niece in the last three days that I was at home. Obviously, my niece is two-and-a-half; she’s not going to know that I won a tournament, or she doesn't even know that I play golf. It's more… I go back home and everything is just very relaxed, and I have a good time.”

That quality time is more important now than ever as Zhang prepares for life on the road, competing on tour and embracing her position as one of the game’s biggest new stars. All eyes are on her – she’s getting shout-outs from Steph Curry and meeting Al Roker – and she’s taking the attention in stride. Her budding sport celebrity status might be cause for concern for some, but as that first-win buzz wears off, she’s excited to get back to doing what she loves: playing golf.

“Just understanding what rest I need and how to take care of whatever I need to, all of that kind of funnels to how I should use my time, and practice isn't necessarily top priority at that point," she said. "But in the coming weeks, I'll definitely plan on trying to get back in the game. But I think all it needs is some fine tuning, and we should be OK.”

After taking some time to appreciate what she’s accomplished and focus on things outside of her game, Zhang is ready to get back out there and add to her already impressive resume.

“[The Mizuho win] was more just validation for myself to say that, hey, I can compete at the highest level, and as long as I do what I need to, as long as I perform as well as I can, I'll be able to be in contention week in and week out," she said.

Winning in her first start as a pro might not even be the No. 1 headline on Zhang’s Christmas card this year, seeing as she’s earned the attention of U.S. Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis, not to mention some of the biggest names in the women’s game today.

“I had her on my radar just more for 2024, because I knew it would be hard for her to win because that was the only way she was going to have a chance to play for ’23 – was for her to win,” Lewis, who is captain this year and next as the Solheim Cup returns to an even-year rotation, said Wednesday. “So I've been following her, and now, obviously, we're following things a little bit more closely. But, like everybody else, she can still go earn her spot. She's obviously moving up Rolex [world rankings] pretty quickly (currently No. 64). I'd love for her to make it on her own and take the decision out of my hands.”

While Lewis is also in the field at Baltusrol Golf Club this week, one of her likely team members, Nelly Korda, hasn’t seen Zhang play at all, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t excited about the new challenger and potential teammate.

“It was amazing to see that she won her first week out as a professional,” the current world No. 2 said. “I think it's going to be really good for women's golf. Hopefully we have some great battles coming down the stretch over the years.”

Current world No. 3 Lydia Ko was particularly impressed with Zhang’s performance at Mizuho.

“I bet there was a lot of weight on her shoulders, but for her to finish in that style, go into a playoff and win, I think she pretty much proved any doubters that hey, like don't need to be worrying about me, I'm casually doing my own business and doing it pretty well," Ko said. "She seems like she doesn't get fazed too much about all the attention that's surrounding her. She's a very special player, and I don't think you need me to say she's special. She's already… her accolades and everything speak for itself.”

Winning in your first start as a pro is hard. Winning in your first major start as a pro? With all eyes on you? That’s arguably an even tougher ask.

If Zhang did win this week, she would be the first to do so in three years, since A Lim Kim won the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open. Before her, in 2019, Hinako Shibuno won the AIG Women’s British Open.

Both Kim's and Shibuno’s wins marked their first-ever major starts, amateur or professional, so Zhang is already at an advantage. She knows what contending in a major feels like. She’s prepared for the more difficult course setup and, specifically, the unpredictable greens.

“That's what I've been doing in practice rounds, is just trying to get a feel for what the greens are doing. Rough is super thick," she said. "The chipping techniques that I've been using this week are definitely different from any other chipping techniques that I've been using.”

Course distinctions aside, Zhang is approaching Baltusrol like any other. She’s played in majors, and she’s still comparing this week to other tests, whether in college or on tour. 

That ability to ground herself and her game might be the young star’s greatest strength in her bid to make history once again.

The PGA Tour’s top putter is out through at least the FedExCup Playoffs.

Maverick McNealy announced Wednesday afternoon that he is taking a break from competition for a few months to treat a left shoulder injury. He tore the anterior sterno-clavicular ligament in his left shoulder last February, and after a missed cut two weeks ago at the RBC Canadian Open, the 27-year-old Stanford product decided he needed to properly address what had become more than a nagging ailment.

“After a brief period of improvement, it worsened in Canada to the point that I did not think it was a good idea to continue playing,” McNealy said.

McNealy said the injury won’t require surgery, though the rehab will still be extensive. “We are attacking the problem,” he explained, “with physical therapy, biomechanics analysis, golf swing changes and regenerative stem-cell treatments.” He hopes to return in the fall.

“I will be doing my best to take advantage of this time off,” he added, “by pursuing my pilot’s instrument rating, spending time with my friends and family, getting some high-altitude cardio in, and keeping my putting speed dialed.”

McNealy, who ranks No. 1 on Tour in strokes gained putting, got off to a hot start this season, notching six finishes of T-18 or better in his first eight starts. He then withdrew from back-to-back starts, at Pebble Beach and Phoenix, and he's missed four of his last six cuts while not at 100%.

At No. 87 in FedExCup points, McNealy was not currently in position to qualify for the playoffs, which takes the top 70 players for the first of three postseason events. Should he return in the fall, though, he will still have a chance to keep his card by finishing inside the top 125 following the RSM Classic in mid-November. If he doesn’t, he’ll need a major medical extension.

Members of Canada's national team want a pay dispute settled before leaving for the Women's World Cup, which begins on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand.

Christine Sinclair, who holds the international goalscoring record, told the Canadian Press on Wednesday that the team wants the long simmering dispute settled before they get on the plane for a pre-tournament camp on June 28.